Bob and Ray
Various
This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.
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misdating some guesing on corrections
allan feldberg
THREE OF THE PROGRAMS WERE MISDATED: bray.1948.08.27_xxx THIS SHOW FEB MORE LIKELY ON 5,6, OR 7 1951. ADVERTISEMENT FOR 1951 CHRYSLER WINDSOR MODELS, PREMIER SHOW DATE 'THIS COMING SATURDAY' FEBRUARY 10. USE OF PHRASE 'THIS COMING SATURDAY' SEEMS TO INDICATE FEB 5,6 OR 7 RATHER THAN FEB 8 OR 9 FOR BROADCAST DATE. bray.1948.12.25_xxx THIS IS SEPT 09 1948.mp3 [THIS SHOW WAS LISTED AS JUST "481225.MP3"] LINDA LOVELY: TO MORROW AN OFFICER SAYS 'YOU'RE UNDER ARREST' DEC 25 1948 IS A SATURDAY; NO SUNDAY SHOW. PLUS ADVERTISEMENT [REAL] FOR SOAPINE; SUCH A GOOD DEAL B & R SAY BUY SOAPINE INSTEAD OF A TURKEY FOR THANKSGIVING. bray.1948.10.10_xxx THIS IS FRIDAY SEPT 10 1948.mp3 DATE CONFIRMED ON AIR. PLUS ON LINDA LOVELY EPISODE, OFFICER SAYS 'YOU'RE UNDER ARREST'; NEXT LINDA LOVELY EPISODE ON MONDAY. ADVERTISEMENT: WONDERLAND REVERE LAST NIGHT IS ON 11TH. bray.1948.09.13_xxx THIS REALLY IS MONDAY, SEPT 13 1948.mp3 STATEMENTS: BRIGHT DAY TO START THE WEEK OFF, AND HOTTEST SEPT 13. ON LINDA LOVELY EPISODE THE SETTING IS WONDERLAND REVERE [GREHOUND RACETRACK], WHICH IS STATED AS HAVING LAST RACE DAY ON 11TH, AND THAT THEREFORE THE SCRIPT OUGHT TO HAVE BEEN SET WHEN PLACE WAS OPEN. ============================================== bray.1950.02.20_xxx. 01.mp3 DATING ERROR HEAVY EMPASIS ON AIR-CONDITIONED COMFORT AND RELEF FROM HEAT IN THE ADVERTISEMENTS FOR NEW HAVEN RAILROAD PARK LANE LOUNGE BAR. WARM WEATHER CYNTHIA CANDY CLOSED THIS NOT LIKELY IN FEBRUARY. bray.1950.10.09_xxx 01.mp3 HEAVY EMPASIS ON AIR-CONDITIONED COMFORT AND RELIEF FROM HEAT IN THE ADVERTISEMENTS FOR NEW HAVEN RAILROAD PARK LANE LOUNGE BAR. THIS IS POSSIBLE IN SEPTEMBER, HOWEVER THIS IS LAST SHOW OF SEASON. JUNE MORE LIKELY. THE ABOVE MAY ALSO BE WRONG YEAR, BUT I'M CHECKING REFERENCES [CHANNEL SWIMMERS]. ================================================ bray.1900.00.00_How_to_Impress_the_Waitress THIS BROADCAST WAS ON THE SATURDAY AT START OF LABOR/LABOUR DAY WEEKEND, 1949 SEPT 3. THIS WAS 'MATINEE WITH BOB AND RAY' STATION WAS WHDH, 8:50 BOSTON, MASSACHUSSETTS STATEMENT: A MON-SAT HALF HOUR SHOW FROM 1:00 TO 1:30. STATEMENT: 'DID YOU SAY A '49 CADILLAC' STATEMENT: THE CARNIVAL IN COHASSETT IS ON MONDAY; 'THIS IS THE LAST CHANCE I'LL HAVE TO TALK ABOUT IT' THEREFORE THIS BROADCAST WAS ON SATURDAY. RAY SAYS HE'LL BE BACK ON MONDAY [BOB WON'T BE IN]. STATEMENT: WONDERLAND REVERE AD': 'TONIGHT'S GREAT SATURDAY NIGHT RACING SHOW' MONDAY IS 'LABOR DAY' [AT 1:00 P.M., A DOUBLE HEADER, SOX VS SENATORS] 'LABOR DAY' IN U.S. IS FIRST MONDAY IN SEPT. IN 1949, FIRST MONDAY IN SEPT WAS 5TH. CORRECT DATE FOR BROADCAST IS 1949 SEPT 3. ADDITIONAL: BOB SNEEZES, AND SAYS HE HAS COLD, OR HAY FEVER. ON SEPT 1 RAY SAYS BOB IS SICK, HAS COLD. FROM SEPT 5 TO OCT 3 RAY ON HOLIDAY ============================================== MAY HAVE MORE INFO IN FUTURE. THREE SEASONS OF MARY BACKSTAGE ALMOST READY TO SEQUENTIAL DATA. NOTE THE ARCHIVE PAGE AND THE PROVIDER'S STATEMENTS: http://www.archive.org/details/BobRay--bobRayPresentTheCbsRadioNetwork1959-60 Reviewer: EasyAceMCMLV - - December 29, 2009 Subject: A note from the provider Pitt---Since it does appear elsewhere but not always (if at all) properly identified (the selection in archive.org's OTR collection is, frankly, a jarbled mess of non-identification making it impossible for Bob & Ray fans to know what they're getting), I donated my collection of their great CBS series properly dated and marked to simplify the searches. :) ============================================== HIGH RATING FOR BOB AND RAY. NOT SO HIGH FOR NON-SEQUENTIAL STATE OF PROGRAMS. ============================================== OTHER GOODIES HERE AND THERE IN ARCHIVE. ALLAN FELDBERG
Library Reel 1, first offering
SpikeSturdly
Has Wally Ballou visiting a Thanksgiving Parade balloon factory where 8-storey high characters are assembled. They rush an elephant inflation to suit Wally's harried schedule and the resulting explosion is the funniest (and most complex) I've ever heard. A liitle later is the bunny exterminator who sounds suspiciously like Elmer Fudd but prefers scaring them away using "swing shot."
Download now!
fashawks8
These guys are incredible! This and The Jack Benny Show are the two best Old-Time Radio shows. They've held up really well...still very entertaining and not at all corny or dated. The two main shows here, Matinee with Bob & Ray and Bob & Ray Present the CBS Radio Network, are quite different. I personally prefer the spontaneity, humor, and music of the earlier shows. The CBS shows are only half as long (15 min) and much more structured/scripted. And despite the fact that they're much older, the Matinee shows are typically of a higher sound quality. There is something weird going on with the dates listed for the CBS shows. But I'm not complaining...the uploaders get a Smelly Dave-sized thank you from this happy listener!
Laughs Inside and Out
tomwsmf
Listening to these shows opens a whole new look on OTR . Much of what Bob and Ray do is send up the radio shows of its time as well as adding the greatest understated social humor of any time. Its fun to figure out what shows or parts of shows they are skewering and then go find those shows, if you are not familar with them already, and see how sharp the knife went. Aside from the OTR tangent these shows are just plain great comedy. Not always a laugh out loud sort of comedy, often you will find yourself laughing in the depths of your brain...mine makes a nice echo.
The Two and Only!
lancelotlmg
What a great benefactor of mankind is Mr. Bert Szoghy for depositing this treasure here! The only other place you can get so much Bob and Ray is off an expensive website, with a collection very inferior to this. Granted, some of the recordings duplicate and most need cleaning, but if you know Bob and Ray, it is well worth the work. If you don't know them, get ready for a paradigm shift of fun. Again, thank you Mr. Szoghy!
An unusal show
Wally Balloo
Hi, Program #bray.1959.10.02_CBS_01.mp3 is a bit unusual, as the boys talk about not doing any impersonations or sound effects in the show at all. I believe this was in response to a complaint that the show was faked - which, of course, it was, in the sense they were performing. Whoever complained had no imagination. Wally Balloo (with 2 o's)
Great Stuff
VenBede
Although the quality is sometimes spotty, this is great stuff. The subtle humor, the outright buffoonery, and the less then reputable characters portrayed are exquisite.
Misdated shows
nightkey5
491221 is actually 491208 491222 is actually 491216 600305_-_Kiddies_Book_Author is actually 600304 600311_-_Clarinet_Comic is actually 600310